Meet our Trustees

POhWER

Wanda Spooner

Wanda is a Human Resources practitioner who has worked for over 20 years in the voluntary sector.

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Judith Smart MA

Judith is a long-standing member of POhWER and is Company Secretary.

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Steven Rathbone

Steven is a founder member of POhWER and has been membership secretary for the past four years.

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Arthur Bate

Arthur has been involved in advocacy for many years.

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Gary Blaker

Gary is a barrister specialising in property disputes.

POhWER

Owen Parry

Owen has been involved with charities for most of his life. He has been a Trustee for both POhWER and PASS for the last seven years.

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Aruna Patel

Aruna was elected to the Board of Trustees at the 2008 Annual General Meeting.

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Phil Lawrence

Phil has been a member of POhWER since 1997. He was on the original steering group for POhWER’s generic advocacy service.

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Carol Lee MBE

Carol has been involved with self-advocacy since the early nineties.

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Olivia Lightfeet

Olivia has been standing up for people with learning disabilities and people with visual impirment for over 18 years.

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Shashikant Bavishi

Shashi is a certified and chartered Accountant, and a Bachelor of Business Studies.

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Neil Hoskins

Neil was appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2007.